New Delhi, March 16 -- As trade tensions between Canada and the United States escalate, one Canadian comedian has proposed an unexpected retaliation-blocking US access to Pornhub, the Montreal-based adult website.

Toronto comedian Matthew Puzhitsky suggested the move in a viral Instagram video, calling it Canada's "nuclear weapon" in the trade war. "If Canada could ban Pornhub in the States, we win the trade war. That's it. There is no trade war," Puzhitsky told The Post.

Following Puzhitsky's suggestion, a petition has been launched urging Canadian authorities to block Pornhub as a "peaceful yet powerful" response to the trade dispute.

The proposal has left some Americans shocked at the prospect of losing access to one of the most vis...